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Quartz from
Grand Reef Mine, Laurel Canyon, Grand Reef Mountain, Klondyke, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA


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Quartz, etc.

Grand Reef Mine, Laurel Canyon, Grand Reef Mountain, Klondyke, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
09050320017369913261984.jpg
Quartz, etc.

Grand Reef Mine, Laurel Canyon, Grand Reef Mountain, Klondyke, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
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Quartz, etc.

Grand Reef Mine, Laurel Canyon, Grand Reef Mountain, Klondyke, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Anglesite
Artroeite
Calcioaravaipaite
Chlorite Group
Creedite
Fluorite
Galena
Grandreefite
Laurelite
Pseudograndreefite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Linarite21
Cerussite10
Fluorite7
Laurelite5
Galena5
Plumbojarosite3
Calcite2
Anglesite2
Goethite1
Tetrahedrite Subgroup1
Hematite1
Caledonite1
Chalcopyrite1
Bromargyrite1
Aurichalcite1
Gearksutite1
Malachite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Grand Reef Mine, Laurel Canyon, Grand Reef Mountain, Klondyke, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:9272
Long-form Identifier:1:3:9272:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘDog Water Mine (Dogwater Mine; Silver Cable Mine; Silver Cable claim; Dogwater and Silver Cable Mine; Patented claims MS 1760), Laurel Canyon, Grand Reef Mountain, Klondyke, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘTen Strike Mine, Klondyke, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
6.6km (4.1 miles) ⓘWindsor Mine (Windsor shaft; Bullis claims; Bullis group; Black Iron group; Unpatented claims - Tule; Patented claim MS 2006), Imperial Mountain, Aravaipa, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
8.0km (5.0 miles) ⓘBen Hur Mine (Hatter and Dempsey; Lamar Bellman; Botts group; Claude McNair; Landsman), Imperial Mountain, Aravaipa, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
9.0km (5.6 miles) ⓘPanama Mine (Panama claim; Patented claim MS 4012), Aravaipa, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
9.5km (5.9 miles) ⓘUnnamed Pb-Zn prospect (1), Horse Mountain area, Aravaipa, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
9.5km (5.9 miles) ⓘLandsman Camp, Aravaipa, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
10.2km (6.4 miles) ⓘFairview prospect, Aravaipa, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
10.4km (6.5 miles) ⓘUnnamed Pb prospect (Unnamed shaft), Aravaipa, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
10.6km (6.6 miles) ⓘIron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp, Aravaipa, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham County, Arizona, USA
References
Jones, Robert W. (1980) The Grand Reef Mine, Graham County, Arizona. The Mineralogical Record, 11 (4) 219-225
Kampf, Anthony R., Dunn, Pete J., Foord, Eugene E. (1989) Grandreefite, pseudograndreefite, laurelite, and aravaipaite: Four new minerals from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County, Arizona. American Mineralogist, 74 (7-8) 927-933
Anthony, John W.; Williams, Sidney A.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Grant, Raymond W. (1995) Mineralogy of Arizona (3rd ed.). University of Arizona Press.pages 112, 118
Mandarino, Joseph A. (1996) Abstracts of New Mineral Descriptions. The Mineralogical Record, 27 (4) 301-306
 
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